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Job Description for the position of Merchandiser.

Job Title : Merchandiser

Reporting to : Senior Merchandiser

• Build and manage a vendor base by category
• Working to UK briefs, source and develop new and replacement product
• Thus delivering shipment and COGS % targets
• Accountable for total cost price management at SKU level
• Driving increased profit and cash in the UK

Vendors

• Ability to find best sources for products in Asia by product type
• Match factory capabilities to TP needs
• Develop strong relationships with decision makers
• Review and constantly grow and improve the vendor base
• Negotiate supplier contract terms, annual TTA and PLI with DS suppliers.

Products

• Understand the UK customer(s) and standards
• Capable of receiving a brief, making sure it is complete, sharing it clearly with vendors
• Lead the FE triangle team (QA, SC), and work with the UK teams and the suppliers to source, develop and deliver products to the required quality level, on-time and in the full quantities ordered, including
• Securing attractive product offers from the right suppliers,
• Developing and managing project CPAs,
• Ensuring processes are followed & risks identified, communicated and managed,
• Tracking/reporting project progress,
• Ensuring timely and accurate communication among all parties concerned,
• Resolving problems timely, etc…
• Proactively propose new DS opportunities and drive DS 3 year plan.
• Negotiate prices based on knowledge of the detailed costing of a product
• Regularly monitor prices – impacts of raw materials, currency and volume movements
• Work with triangle team (SC, QA) to ensure high OTIF performance.
• Other ad-hoc projects as assigned

Relationship

• Work across functions
• Develop key contacts in the UK, and build a strong relationship and trust with the UK teams.
• Host and support visitors on sourcing trips

• Day-to-day issue resolution, through building a network of experts throughout TP, both in the UK and Asia

• An end-to-end view of product development for direct sourced products – understanding not just the cost of an item but also quality requirements and the best route to our customer.

· Freedom to shape the vendor base and become the category expert within TP

· Key to success is using vendors adapted to UK needs, not always the biggest/best elsewhere (e.g. suppliers to the UK/China markets)

Travis Perkins plc is a leading company in the builders' merchanting and home improvement markets. Born
out of the merger in 1988 between Travis & Arnold and Sandell Perkins, the group can trace its roots back over 200 years and continues to grow today by following a successful strategy of acquisition and organic growth.

Travis Perkins plc operates 20+ businesses across the UK and owns 19 product brands within these businesses. Everything we do and sell is all around you. A career with the Travis Perkins Group of companies, which is not just an opportunity to join one of the top Companies in the FTSE 250 but also one that boasts a real commitment to its employees. Add to this a competitive salary and a range of benefits befitting a company of our size; you can see how you can start to build towards your future.

We are so proud of our products that we put our name (our brand) on them; hence suppliers of products to TP group must meet our high standards for both product Quality,and factory Social and Environmental
responsibility.